Commentary: Hope and change await 5 years later

3:40 PM,
Nov. 12, 2013

Barack Obama's 2008 campaign for the presidency was keyed to "hope and change." Obama was elected that year and re-elected in 2o12.

Written by

Burt Brody

It has been five years since we elected the "hope and change" president and another year since his re-election. To paraphrase his campaign rhetoric, "What change are we hoping for now?"

Our immediate hope is to get the government health insurance website up and running. Accompanying this hope is the hope that 5 million to 7 million young, healthy Americans will act contrary to their personally perceived needs and their financial interests to buy health insurance through the government exchanges.

We also hope that individuals happy with the health insurance they now have will be able to keep ...